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Tzarevna

Tzarevna

154 Orchard St, New York, United States Of America, 10002

Fish • Meat • Coffee • Cheese


"My main dish was the Duck plov/ or rice pilaf with cumin, carrots, and barberries. This was very tasty with a good amount of shredded duck. The berries added some extra sourness and overall I would say it reminded me of some of the Plov you find more in Azeri cuisine because of the fruitier flavor. Another person ordered the stroganoff which is pricey on the main menu but fantastic. I'm surprised the most expensive dish is on the prix-fixe but sure why not. Their only complaint about the latter is that there wasn't enough of the sauce to go with the buckwheat. I also tried a dumpling from someone else which was fine. I started with the Solyanka/ a soup made with salami (or listed with smoked ham on the main menu and I'm sure if there's actually a difference, olives, and mushrooms and served with sour cream of course. I've had the soup prior with fish and with meat and compared to other places, I would say perhaps it was a little bit less sour then the usual but it was still very tasty. I tried a piece of their khachapuri from someone else's non prix-fixe menu which was fine as well as the Shuba/Herring under a fur coat which was a tasty version though less fishy then the usual. My main dish was the Duck plov/ or rice pilaf with cumin, carrots, and barberries. This was very tasty with a good amount of shredded duck. The berries added some extra sourness and overall I would say it reminded me of some of the Plov you find more in Azeri cuisine because of the fruiter flavor. Another person ordered the stroganoff which is pricey on the main menu but fantastic. I'm surprised the most expensive dish is on the prix-fixe but sure why not. Their only complaint about the latter is that there wasn't enough of the sauce to go with the buckwheat. I also tried a dumpling from someone else which was fine. As there's only two choices of desserts, I ordered the Honey Cake/Medovik/ and another person had the Syrniki/ or quark pancakes served with condensed milk and jam. The honey cake is fine but I'm spoiled by the very good one found in some other spots so we both preferred the latter which was very well made. Overall the food here was very tasty. I'm not sure if I would have found the menu to be as reasonable if said prix-fixe menu wasn't there but as of right now, I would say it's worth it."